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\n Related: <\/span>What Did Critics Say About Nikki Glaser’s Golden Globes Hosting Debut?<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tNikki Glaser is the name on everybody\u2019s lips since the 2025 Golden Globes. The comedian could be making a repeat performance as awards show host for future, because critics and stars alike had high praise for Glaser\u2019s opening monologue \u2014 despite how savage it was. \u201cI am not here to roast you tonight, and how [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019m just paranoid and I think I\u2019m just obsessed with slavery recently because every time you go \u2026 to a public women\u2019s restroom and you sit in the stall, there\u2019s always a poster on the back of the stall that\u2019s asking you if you\u2019re being trafficked,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re in every stall. They\u2019re in every world language. The English is really tiny and it\u2019s like, \u2018You wish.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
She went on, \u201cMen\u2019s restrooms do not have these signs. I don\u2019t know what signs you have? You have signs that are like, \u2018Want a slave? Text Traffick to 69-69.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dancing with the Stars<\/em> alum pointed out that she wasn\u2019t the only one worried about sex trafficking.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s really a big fear of being trafficked, mostly for Gen Z girls,\u201d she said. \u201cI have a lot of Gen Z friends that I bought \u2026 and they\u2019re terrified. I don\u2019t relate. I\u2019m 41. That was not a fear of mine ever in my 20s. In my 20s, I just feared good old-fashioned rape. I didn\u2019t think it would be a career. We didn\u2019t think it was anything more than a \u2018temp job\u2019 on a frat house futon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glaser relayed feeling worried that she\u2019d be trafficked during a recent night out with her younger friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, \u2018What if we get trafficked?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018You\u2019re good,\u2019\u201d she claimed. \u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re safer when you\u2019re with us because they think you\u2019re our madam.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Nikki](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nikki-Glaser-Faces-Backlash-Over-Sex-Trafficking-Jokes-in-SNL-Monologue-2-e1762671297559.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Nikki Glaser on \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019<\/span> Courtesy YouTube \/ Courtesy NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nShe pushed the issue further by mentioning that her Gen Z friends thought she had \u201cresting Ghislaine face,\u201d in reference to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>\u2019s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell<\/strong>. (In June 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison<\/a> on sex-trafficking charges in relation to her activities with Epstein. She has denied wrongdoing.)<\/p>\nThis was the second time Glaser invoked the Epstein sex trafficking scandal in her monologue as she had called New York City \u201cEpstein\u2019s original island\u201d earlier. (Epstein owned a private island, Little Saint James, from 1998 until his death by suicide at age 66 in August 2019. The financier was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges shortly before his death and was previously convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008.)<\/p>\n
In another section of the monologue, Glaser joked about feeling discomfort when her 4-year-old nephew asked to take a shower with her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy sister was like, \u2018He can take a shower with you. It\u2019s fine. He does it with us,\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s fine for you guys but are you really OK with an adult showering with your child?\u2019 Maybe it\u2019s OK if you come and supervise.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Glaser\u2019s sister asked why supervision was necessary, the comic declared: \u201cWhat if I molest him?\u2019 She was like, \u2018Would you?!\u2019 I was like, \u2018Like, no! Never. That\u2019s disgusting!\u2019 But that\u2019s what I\u2019d say if I was gonna [do it]. [Abusers] lie. Don\u2019t trust anyone! I don\u2019t even trust myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glaser\u2019s risqu\u00e9 monologue proved to be divisive with SNL<\/em> viewers, as many felt it was inappropriate to make a mockery of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n![\"Tom](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tom-Brady-Martha-Stewart-Nikki-Glaser-Most-Savage-and-Controversial-Pop-Culture-Jokes.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&resize=400%2C225&quality=55&strip=all\")
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\n Related: <\/span>Nikki Glaser\u2019s Most Savage (and Controversial) Pop Culture Jokes<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tGetty Images (3) No one goes there quite like Nikki Glaser. While the comedian made major headlines in May 2024 for her epic set at The Roast of Tom Brady, which streamed live on Netflix, it certainly wasn\u2019t the first time she came for some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Glaser was also a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cOkay nikki glaser lost me cause why are we talking about molestation and pedophilia!???\u201d one X user complained<\/a>, while another vented<\/a>: \u201cNikki glaser Really giving me the ick on snl<\/em> tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThings nikki glaser managed to make into a joke on her snl<\/em> open: domestic violence, racism, sa [sexual assault], pedophilia, sex trafficking. Do better,\u201d another viewer demanded<\/a>.<\/p>\nAn SNL<\/em> fan called<\/a> Glaser\u2019s jokes \u201cshameful\u201d and went on: \u201cNikki Glaser hosting @nbcsnl tonight. Wow, attempting humor on rape & sex trafficking\u2026yea, no.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cNikki Glaser hosting #snl joking about sex trafficking is completely tone deaf and offensive. WTF,\u201d an X user wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\nOthers defended Glaser\u2019s jokes, including one SNL<\/em> fan who felt she\u2019d actually shined a spotlight on important issues.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat I got from Nikki Glaser\u2019s roast: She shouted out shorter guys. Gave awareness to resources if one was being trafficked. Spoke on how easy it can be for a family member to SA someone,\u201d they argued<\/a>. \u201cI thought she was funny.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really a big fear of being trafficked, mostly for Gen Z girls,\u201d she said. \u201cI have a lot of Gen Z friends that I bought \u2026 and they\u2019re terrified. I don\u2019t relate. I\u2019m 41. That was not a fear of mine ever in my 20s. In my 20s, I just feared good old-fashioned rape. I didn\u2019t think it would be a career. We didn\u2019t think it was anything more than a \u2018temp job\u2019 on a frat house futon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glaser relayed feeling worried that she\u2019d be trafficked during a recent night out with her younger friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, \u2018What if we get trafficked?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018You\u2019re good,\u2019\u201d she claimed. \u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re safer when you\u2019re with us because they think you\u2019re our madam.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n She pushed the issue further by mentioning that her Gen Z friends thought she had \u201cresting Ghislaine face,\u201d in reference to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>\u2019s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell<\/strong>. (In June 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison<\/a> on sex-trafficking charges in relation to her activities with Epstein. She has denied wrongdoing.)<\/p>\n This was the second time Glaser invoked the Epstein sex trafficking scandal in her monologue as she had called New York City \u201cEpstein\u2019s original island\u201d earlier. (Epstein owned a private island, Little Saint James, from 1998 until his death by suicide at age 66 in August 2019. The financier was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges shortly before his death and was previously convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008.)<\/p>\n In another section of the monologue, Glaser joked about feeling discomfort when her 4-year-old nephew asked to take a shower with her.<\/p>\n \u201cMy sister was like, \u2018He can take a shower with you. It\u2019s fine. He does it with us,\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s fine for you guys but are you really OK with an adult showering with your child?\u2019 Maybe it\u2019s OK if you come and supervise.\u201d<\/p>\n When Glaser\u2019s sister asked why supervision was necessary, the comic declared: \u201cWhat if I molest him?\u2019 She was like, \u2018Would you?!\u2019 I was like, \u2018Like, no! Never. That\u2019s disgusting!\u2019 But that\u2019s what I\u2019d say if I was gonna [do it]. [Abusers] lie. Don\u2019t trust anyone! I don\u2019t even trust myself.\u201d<\/p>\n Glaser\u2019s risqu\u00e9 monologue proved to be divisive with SNL<\/em> viewers, as many felt it was inappropriate to make a mockery of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tGetty Images (3) No one goes there quite like Nikki Glaser. While the comedian made major headlines in May 2024 for her epic set at The Roast of Tom Brady, which streamed live on Netflix, it certainly wasn\u2019t the first time she came for some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Glaser was also a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cOkay nikki glaser lost me cause why are we talking about molestation and pedophilia!???\u201d one X user complained<\/a>, while another vented<\/a>: \u201cNikki glaser Really giving me the ick on snl<\/em> tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThings nikki glaser managed to make into a joke on her snl<\/em> open: domestic violence, racism, sa [sexual assault], pedophilia, sex trafficking. Do better,\u201d another viewer demanded<\/a>.<\/p>\n An SNL<\/em> fan called<\/a> Glaser\u2019s jokes \u201cshameful\u201d and went on: \u201cNikki Glaser hosting @nbcsnl tonight. Wow, attempting humor on rape & sex trafficking\u2026yea, no.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNikki Glaser hosting #snl joking about sex trafficking is completely tone deaf and offensive. WTF,\u201d an X user wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Others defended Glaser\u2019s jokes, including one SNL<\/em> fan who felt she\u2019d actually shined a spotlight on important issues.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I got from Nikki Glaser\u2019s roast: She shouted out shorter guys. Gave awareness to resources if one was being trafficked. Spoke on how easy it can be for a family member to SA someone,\u201d they argued<\/a>. \u201cI thought she was funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>
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\n Related: <\/span>Nikki Glaser\u2019s Most Savage (and Controversial) Pop Culture Jokes<\/span><\/a>
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